Howdy:

I've been hamming since 1965.  First call sign was WN1FDF.  Operated the novice station at the Ft. Devens MARS station: AA1KBO/K1KBO. The novice station was a Lettine 240 and a National NC 270 receiver, 40m dipole. Ft. Devens was the HQ for the Army Security Agency before moving to Ft. Huachuca, AZ.   Became WA1HAZ for a brief period, then moved to Arizona after Dad retired from the Army and picked up WA7LYO in 1967.  Now days I spend more time repairing amps and radios than operating the bands.  Only a couple of QSO's per week.  I'm also into the vintage tube  and solid state gear and have a Collins S line.  Hallicrafters SR 160, Eldico SSB 100F (very nice), Collins KWS -1 Collins KWM-1 SBE 34  transceivers and a bunch more.

My professional electronics work has been for Motorola, MA/COM, Maersk Shipping line and a couple of companies you have never heard of. Also, I was a US Army Special Forces A team radio operator in Viet Nam and a long haul HF RTTY field radio operator in West Germany.  My first job in electronics was fixing Mad Man Muntz 4 track open frame tape players for a hole in the wall Phoenix company.  The motor drive belt used to fall of and this company charge $15 to put it back on.  Took about 45 seconds! What a racket eh?

73's

& PEACE - Greg